WOW what an intense trip! Arizona Tour with the Utah Ballroom Dance Co. was so interesting. I was in the group that went down early (there are 22 or so of us total). The group I went down with was only 6 people. It was fun to get to know them and also to get the inside scoop on how the tour works.
While in Arizona we do 2 types of shows; one is The Dancing With Your Stars version where we take "stars" from the communities we are in and teach them a dance routine and they perform for the community they are part of. That is the first half for the second we perform usually 10 or so of the 19 routines we do. The other show we do is what we call a full show. This version is all of the routines that we perform.
I had a star and our dance was the foxtrot, which we did quite well in placing 2nd in the competition. As it was my first time teaching a star I was quite happy with were we placed.
The rest of tour was a whirl wind with crazy late nights (average of 1 am and as late as 4) while leaving the next day at 8am. I was on technical duty the rest of the time. I learned so much about lighting and sound as well as how to set up all the equipment. With so much to do I was never bored, but I could help but have a twinge (well a full blown) feeling of jealously watching the others dance.
I hope I will get to be on team, but if not there are other things to
While in Arizona we do 2 types of shows; one is The Dancing With Your Stars version where we take "stars" from the communities we are in and teach them a dance routine and they perform for the community they are part of. That is the first half for the second we perform usually 10 or so of the 19 routines we do. The other show we do is what we call a full show. This version is all of the routines that we perform.
I had a star and our dance was the foxtrot, which we did quite well in placing 2nd in the competition. As it was my first time teaching a star I was quite happy with were we placed.
The rest of tour was a whirl wind with crazy late nights (average of 1 am and as late as 4) while leaving the next day at 8am. I was on technical duty the rest of the time. I learned so much about lighting and sound as well as how to set up all the equipment. With so much to do I was never bored, but I could help but have a twinge (well a full blown) feeling of jealously watching the others dance.
I hope I will get to be on team, but if not there are other things to